Equity Party (Mauritania)

Equity Party
حزب الإنصاف
Parti El Insaf
PresidentSid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed
President of the parliamentary groupMohammed Lemine Ould Amar
Founded3 July 2022
Preceded byUnion for the Republic
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyPopulism
National affiliationCoordination of Parties of the Majority
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Parliamentary groupEl Insaf group
Sloganالميزان (The balance/scale)
National Assembly
107 / 176
Regional councils
124 / 285
Mayors
165 / 238
Website
partielinsaf.mr

The Equity Party (Arabic: حزب الإنصاف, romanized: ḥizb al-inṣāf; French: Parti de l'équité), often known by the transliteration of its Arabic name El Insaf, is a political party in Mauritania. It was founded on 3 July 2022 after the governing Union for the Republic rebranded itself ahead of the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election.

Leadership

President

Electoral performance

President of Mauritania

President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round Result Winning candidate
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
2024 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani 554,959 56.12% 1st N/a Elected Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

National Assembly

National Assembly
Election Party leader National list Seats +/– Government
Votes %
2023 Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih 342,153 35.25%
107 / 176
 Increase 14 Government

Notes

  1. ↑ Compared to the result obtained by the Union for the Republic in 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Le groupe parlementaire du parti El Insaf organise une conférence de presse" [The parliamentary group of the El Insaf party organises a press conference]. AMI (Mauritanian News Agency) (in French). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Le parti "Insaf" entame un nouveau processus politique" [The "Insaf" party is starting a new political process.] (PDF). Horizons (in French). AMI. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mauritanie : remaniement ministériel partiel et permutations" [Mauritania: partial ministerial reshuffle and permutations]. SaharaMedias (in French). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "The representative of the African constituency, Ahmedou Ould Boufcha, congratulates His Excellency Mr. Sid Ahmed Ould Mohamed on the occasion of his election as President of the Insaf Party". Ground News. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

See also